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w. N. wnirunr, .tenons FAssLER., AND o. s. KELLY, `or SPRINGFIELD,-

OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 73,417, elated January/14, 1868.

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@te tgehule retentit in time tetten @neutrino mating ont 'nf 'tlgetrmn'IO ALL WHOM IT MAIZ CONGERN:

Be it known that we, W. N. WHITELY, JEROME FAssLnn, und O. S. KELLY,otSpringeld, `in the county.

of Clark, and, State out Ohio, have invented u. new und usefulImprovement in Cider-Mills; and we do hereby declare the following to bee. full, clear, and exact descriptiorroi` the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which i l Figure 1 is a side elevation ofour mill.

Figure 2 is a. frontfelevation of. the same.

Figure 3 is a. vertical longitudinal section throughthe grinding-box.

Figures 4 and 5 exhibit a modified construction 'of press-benr'n.

Figure 6 exhibits the parts oi' the grinding-box detached.'

Figures 7 and9 exhibit modiiied constructions of the crushingrollers.

Figures 8 and 10 exhibit modified constructions of the grindingrollersFigure 11 is a vertical cross section through the grinding-box'.

In order that others muy fully understand the construction and operationoiour invention, we will particularly describe it.

Y The frame to support the operative mechanism oi' our machine-isconstructed of wood and iron, and consists of two posts AfA at the frontend, a cross-beam or girder, B, connecting them near the foot; two sidepieces, C C, supporting the grinding-'box with its mechanism; :t singlepost, D, at the rear end, and a floor, F, ori-which are 'placed theporcone-tubs G G. The posts diverge toward their lower ends, so as togive them o. ver-5r wide and firm hearing upon the ground. Thetransverse connecting-beam or girder is placed nenr the foot of thefront posts, in suitable seats which are cut into the sides of theposts, and receive the ends of the girder, and the whole are firmlybound together bythe tie-rods II H, which pass beneath the girder andthrough both posts. Angle-irons vI I are placed below the girder, togive them u rm support, and to form seats for the lower ends of thestayrods .I J. The tie-rods H H also pass through the angle-irons I I,and aid in sustaining them in their position.` The screw-bolts K Kpassupward through the horizontal portionof the angle-irons I I, undinto screw-nuts bedded in the floor, so that the front end of theplatform is secured to the gircler by the same bolt which holds theangle-iron up in'place. I

To the tops of the posts A A'is attached the press-bcam Ii, made ofiron, and its ends flanged so as te embrece'both .the top und a. portionoil one side of euch post. I Two bolts pass through the postshorizontally, into tapped holes in the end of the press-beam, so as tosecure them against lateral movements, and the stayrods J J pass upwardthrough the same boum, close to the tops ot' the front posts, and thenuts M M are screwed down hurd upon proper seats, so :is to bind thepress-beam and girder rmly together, and relieve the posts from strainwhile the press is in operation. l On the rear side of the press-beamare cast projecting lugs N N, located nt suitable distances apart, undrecessed on their under sides, to receive thc ends of the side pieces CC ot' the frame, which ure rmly secured to saidlugs by screw-bolts undnuts. At the rear ends of these side pieces, (which are placed atsuitable distonces to allow ofthe grinding-rollers toi-evolve betweenthem, and parallel to eachotherg) and between them, is fitted the rearpost D of the machine, which is firmly fastened by a. screw-boltApassing -through -the threei The oor'is placed upon the beam, betweenthe front posts, und extends backward tothe rear post, which is receivedinto a recess cut into that end of the door, und the whole boltedtogether.

In the centre' of the pressbeum the thickness is'increased, so as topermit a. vertical hole to be drilled and a screw-thread cut therein toreceive thepress-screw Oi This vertical hole may be made largelenoughito allow the free pessag-e of the screw, und the screw-nut maybe constructed in two fpartsjonted together, as shown in gs. 4 and. 5,and secured by a. elumpingfmeohanism, so thntwhen the screw is to beraised, it may be done quickly by opening the nut and raising the screwby hund.- In order to render the press-screw O more eicacious, n.wheel-head, P, is tted upon its upper end, and this heuolis providedwith vcrticalpins, between which a. lever may be applied to force thescrew down with power. A large step-plate, Q, is fitted to the lower endof the screw, and secured there by a. small screwfwhieh enters a channelin the lower end of the screw'. This vbeneath the grinding-box. 4

step-plate rests upon the top'ofthe follower, and aords a wide andrfirmbearing for the point of the screw in forcing the pomace downvinto thetub'. l v

The pomace-tubs are. constructed, as shown in figs. 1 and 2, of stavesof wood, secured to the inner sides of stout hoops of iron by rivets o'rother suitable means. The inner faces of these staves aresomcwhatbroader than Vtheir outer faces, and they are set with slightintervals between, so as to permit the juice to run freely out from thepomace and escape from the tub. Each tub stands upon a small independentloose bottom or plat-form, Y, which may be moved bodily with the tuhfrom one end of the platform to the other, as, when` the tub has beenfilled beneath the grinding-box, it is moved to a position beneath thcpress. .A follower of stout plank, almost large enough to fill theinternal area of the ti1b,'is laiduponthe pomace, and the screw appliedto its upper side.

The grinding-box is placed upon the side piecesA C C of the frame', andis-sccured thereto by screw-bolts,l

which pass through-flanges projecting outward from the lower edge of thojournal-box. The grinding-box is A constructed in two parts securedtogether by the screws R R, which pass through corresponding lugs uponeach part of said box. The grinding-box contains` two sets of rollers orgrinders, and supports all the gear-wheels by which motion iscommunicated to them. This g'rindingbox -is rectangular in plan, and ismade of'iron or other metal, and its surface may, ifl desired, beprotected from the acids of -the fruit by a coating of some noncorrosivemetal or alloy. The upper par-t of the grinding-box is the one to whichthe hopper is attached, and contains within it two solid cast-metalcutting or crushing-rollers S S, the axes of which are transverse totheside pieces of the frame of the machine. These crushing-rollers havetheir surfaces deeply tinted, so as to make a small number of veryprominent ribs, either straight upon the surface of the roller,'orspiral, as in lig. 7.

The shafts of the two crushing-rollcrs are connected together by gearsof equal sise, so that they move -in con-` nection with each other, therib upon one meshing in the groove or flute of the other. By thisarrangement and construction, the fruit is caught between the ribs ofthe crushing-roller, and crushed as' it passes below to thegrinding-rollers, by which it is'reduced to the condition of linepomace. 'lhe crushing-rollers may be made' with projecting teeth, whichmesh with each other, as shown in iig. 9, if that construction/isVpreferred. Scrapers T T may be attached to the inner side of. theupperpartof the grindingbox, as shown in g. 3, to remove any' portionsof crushed fruitwhich may ladhere to the crushing-rllers, The shafts ofthc crushing-rollersrest in boxes secured by tho screw-bolts U U to theupper part of the grinding-box, so that when the upperpart is separatedfrom the lower part of said box, the crushing-rollers are conveyed withit, and all partsof the grindingbox are thus rendered accessible withoutremoving any of the shafts from their bearings. .Y

The grinding-rollers V V are .constructed solid, of cast metal, and aremounted 0n shafts, which rest in boxes secured by screw-nuts to thelower side of sidewise-projecting flanges of thc lower part of thegrindingbox, so thatthe grindingfrollers are attached tothe metallicgrinding-box, instead of being attached to the frame as hitherto, andtherefore, when the grindingbox is removed from the side pieces 'of theframe, theentire grinding and'crushing-mechanism is also removed, andwithout changing the relation ofA any of the parts of said mechanism.The boxes which hold the shafts of the grinding-rollers V V, are madeslightly adjustable, so that the grinding-rollers may bechangedslightlyinv their distance-from each other, so that they may grind the fruitmore or less fine, as desired. The surfaces ofthe grinding-rollers'areiluted, butnot very deeply, and the ribs are quite numerous, and presentsharp edges-on one side, so as to cut the 'fruit rather than simplycrush it. Instead of ribs and liutes, the surface maybe serrated withpointed teeth, as in fig. 10. The grinding-rollers are geared sq as tohave Adifferent speeds. The crank is attached to thc end of one of theshafts of the grindingroller, and upon the other-end of the same is thedriving-gear, which meshes with a pinion', and upon the shaftA of saidpinion is the balance-wheel W, which ,equalizes the"motion" of therollers. Thecrushing-rollers S S receive their motion bymeaus 'of wheeland pinion, so graduated as -to reduce the speed of thecrushing-rollersbelow the speed of the crank. v v

The scrapers X X extend `across the frame parallel with and below thegrinding-rollers V V, and their upper edges are placed within a veryshort distance of tho'surface. of -said rollers, so that nearly or quiteall of the pomace which adheres to the ribs of said rollers willl beremoved, and caused to drop' into the pomace-tub `Having described ourinvention, what we claim as new, anddesiro to secure by Lettersl?atent,is4

1. Constructing the grinding-box in two parts, substantially as setforth, and attaching the bearings of the crushing-rollers to the upperpart, as and for the purpose-set forth.

2. Mounting the journals of the grinding-rollers V V in boxes, which areattached to the lower side of the sdewise-projecting ange, byscrew-bolts, and so that the. said boxes may be slightly adjustable asto their distance from each other, as set forth and described. y,

3. The construction of the press-frame with the press-beam L, thestay-rods J J, the front posts A'A, the girder B, the tic-rods H H, andthe angle-irons I I, as setforth. y

4. The two ribbed crushing-rollers S S,'and the two grinding-rollers VV,directly beneath them, and running at different speeds, combinedand-arranged in ametallic grinding-box constructed in two parts, and thebearings of -one set ofrollers connected` to .one of said parts, and thebearings of the other-set connected to theother of said parte.

' NV. N. WHITELY,

JEROME FASSLER, O. S. KELLY.

Witnesses -AMos' WnirnLY, J. L. TAYLOR.

